• Eleven students from Rider University’s Educational Opportunity Program (EOP) and six non-EOP Rider students attended The Carroll F.S. Hardy National Black Student Leadership Conference in Washington, D.C. January 4-7. The students were selected based upon their academic achievement, leadership ability and campus involvement. The EOP students were: Travarus Fauntleroy, a junior psychology major; Kendell Williams, a sophomore psychology major; Amir Duncan, a freshman communication major; Stanley Owens, a freshman psychology major; Shari Kerr, a freshman sociology major; Amy Lapaix, a freshman general liberal studies major; Karen Lakomy, a junior elementary education/communication major; Chastity Manning, a freshman journalism major; Aleathia Shannon, a sophomore elementary education/psychology major; Brooke McDermott, a freshman secondary education/English major; and Andre Fearon, a junior management/communication major. The non-EOP students were: Rudima Jackson, a freshman general liberal studies major; Courtney Robison Medley, a junior psychology /fine arts major; Uchenna Duru, a junior human resource management major; Alonzo Williams, a senior marketing major; Daphkar Lahens, a senior psychology/sociology major; and Davida Brown, a senior fine arts major. EOP graduate assistant Reggie Walker, a master’s degree candidate in organizational leadership, also attended. See Student News for more information.

• Students in Dr. Roberta Fiske-Rusciano’s Student Global Village (Global and Multinational Studies 285) course produced a document last fall entitled, “Guidelines to a Civil Society.” The document is a result of a semester’s worth of work, videoconferencing with students of the American University in Cairo. The document will be disseminated across campus, to non-governmental institutions, United States politicians and world leaders, including Desmond Tutu and Kofi Annan. Participants in the Student Global Village, Fall 2006 were: Princess Jenkins, a senior liberal studies major; Ashley Potts, a senior finance major; Armin Wanczyk, a junior global and multinational studies major; Allyson Angelo, a senior political science major; Emily Howell, a sophomore environmental science major; Shelley Richards, a senior political science/global and multinational studies/Spanish major; Patrick Conroy, a sophomore global and multinational studies major; Stacy Winship, a senior elementary education/psychology major; Lada Pastushak, a senior history major/political science/global and multinational studies major; Valerie Pettersen, a sophomore secondary education/history major; Marisa Sardella, a sophomore global and multinational studies major; Olivia Tattory, a junior journalism major; Daria Georgiyeva, a senior global and multinational studies/Spanish major; Jonathan Stratton, a senior business administration major; John Fels, a senior finance major; Jonathan Mizrachi, a senior global and multinational studies major, and Steve Forsyth, a senior global and multinational studies major. See Student News for more information